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On Friday October 16th we held the latest "Friday Four-Strike Pinball Party!", a pinball tournament plus side event!Dead...
10/19/2026

On Friday October 16th we held the latest "Friday Four-Strike Pinball Party!", a pinball tournament plus side event!

Deadpool was the game chosen for the final game of the side event. And so for the Sternamint Side Ternamint
In 3rd place, Kevin Shaughnessy!
In 2nd place, JD Mack!
And in 1st place, Winner of the Sternamint Side Ternamint, Paul Halliday!

Over in the main event, it took 14 rounds for a final victor to be revealed.
In 3rd place, Douglas Malcolm!
In 2nd place, Doru Zuba!
And in 1st place, Winner and Champion of the Night, Justin Bath!

Thank you to Shannon Keys for Tournament Directing! Feel better Matt. Thank you to Celina Malcolm for hosting us! And thank you most of all to everyone that showed up to play! You are an awesome crowd of players!

Our next event is probably already full, but you can get on the waitlist if you want. It's PinBrawlers 2: Power Up and it's on Saturday October 24th at Brian's house! Here's a link: https://app.matchplay.events/tournaments/265935

The Friday Four-Strike Pinball Party is this Friday October 16th! We are about half full with 17 people registered out o...
10/12/2026

The Friday Four-Strike Pinball Party is this Friday October 16th!

We are about half full with 17 people registered out of a max of 32. You can sign up right here on MatchPlay:
https://app.matchplay.events/tournaments/265321

Friday Four-Strike Pinball Party!
Department of Pinball, Wheaton MD 20902
4 strike pinball tournament played in groups of 4 on 10-12 pins, mostly classics.
Limited to 32 players. Prior registration is required.
Doors at 7:30 pm, tournament starts at 8pm.
Entry fee of $15 cash at the door, or prepaid through PayPal. No coin drop.
Register on MatchPlay as of 10/5 at 9am
Questions may be directed to [email protected]

"If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice... I will choose a path that's clear, I will choose Free Play...
10/09/2026

"If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice... I will choose a path that's clear, I will choose Free Play!"

New Pin Day at the Department!

What’s leaving? Demolition Man. Sorry Matthew Mister. It may still be here for the Friday Four-Strike Pinball Party on 10/16 one week from today!

About half of the spots are still open for that event. Sign up at Matchplay. It will be the only time that both Demo Man and Rush might be here together. 😎

https://app.matchplay.events/tournaments/265321

Registration is open for the "Friday Four-Strike Pinball Party" on Friday October 16th at The Department of Pinball! Reg...
10/05/2026

Registration is open for the "Friday Four-Strike Pinball Party" on Friday October 16th at The Department of Pinball!

Register yourself right here:
https://app.matchplay.events/tournaments/265321

Friday 10/16/2026: Friday Four-Strike Pinball Party!

A four strike pinball party on 10+ classic and mid pins!
Doors open at 7:30 pm, the tournament starts at 8 o'clock sharp.

Bring your own food and alcohol, a party atmosphere is encouraged! Food delivery options available and there is a b**r and w**e store literally around the corner.

Free parking at the metered spots in front of the house! These are now free as of 6pm!
Free parking garage up the street 1 block.

Limited to 32 players. Prior registration is required via Matchplay.
Entry fee of $15 will be paid cash at the door, or if you prefer you can prepay with PayPal. If you wish to prepay, send $15 per player (friends and family) to [email protected].
Entry fee is broken down as:
$9 prize money in the main event
$1 prize money in the side event
$2 IFPA main and side events
$3 expenses
In a four player group, the bottom two players get a strike. In a three player group, only the bottom player gets a strike. In a two player group, the losing player gets a strike.

The lineup for the strikes tournament, which is subject to change without warning is:
Demo Man
F14 Tomcat
Flash Gordon
Funhouse
Harlem Globetrotters on Tour
Iron Man Vault
Medusa (maybe)
Pl***oy (Bally)
Space Invaders
Xenon
Walking Dead Premium

We will also hold the side tournament again, "The Sternamint Side Ternamint". It's a high score competition on 5 of the modern Sterns, and at the end of the night the top 4 players play a one game playoff for a cash prize!

Pins in the side event (which can change without warning):
Godzilla Premium
Avengers: Infinity Quest LE
Jurassic Park Premium
Led Zeppelin LE
Deadpool Premium

Register yourself right now at:
https://app.matchplay.events/tournaments/265321

See you Friday October 16th!

Registration is OPEN for PinBrawlers vol 2: Power Up pinball tournament at Brian's house on Saturday October 24th.We are...
10/05/2026

Registration is OPEN for PinBrawlers vol 2: Power Up pinball tournament at Brian's house on Saturday October 24th.

We are about 50% full, with 19 people registered already out of a possible 40.

Register yourself right here through MatchPlay:
https://app.matchplay.events/tournaments/265935

It's gonna be a great time again! Rumor has it we might be able to play Fallout! We will be playing at Brian's house in West Friendship MD. Brian has an amazing collection and we are lucky he is willing to share it with us!

Doors at 11am, tournament starts at noon.
Qualifying is 5 double rounds (old game & new game) in 4 player groups 7/5/3/1 points.
The top 8 or 16 (depending on attendance) make PAPA style finals, 3 games per round.

Entry fee of $20 cash at the door, or prepaid through PayPal. No coin drop.
Address will be emailed to registrants.
Parking is limited at the house. Some spots will be assigned to carpools of 3+ players. If you want a parking spot, reach out to me.
A shuttle will be provided from the nearby shopping center as we have done twice before.

Register yourself right here through MatchPlay:
https://app.matchplay.events/tournaments/265935

On Friday 9/18/26 we held the latest iteration of the Friday Four-Strike Pinball Party here in Wheaton MD. 20 pinball pa...
09/21/2026

On Friday 9/18/26 we held the latest iteration of the Friday Four-Strike Pinball Party here in Wheaton MD. 20 pinball party people showed up to battle it out across 10 pinball machines.

We also had a side event! Best game across 5 modern Sterns with an Insider Connected high score board.

In the side event;
In 4th place, Aaron Quade!
In 3rd place, Shannon Keys!
In 2nd place, Dave Blouch!
And in 1st place, Winner of the side event Sean Smiley!

Over in the main event, it took 14 rounds to declare a winner. Every game was played 4 or 5 times. The fastest game of the night? Flash Gordon averaged 12 minutes. Longest game? The Walking Dead, averaging 19 minutes a play. Not bad!

In 4th place, Tim Peterson!
In 3rd place, Douglas Malcolm!
In 2nd place, Jose Chong!
And in 1st place, Winner and Champion of the Night, Doru Zuba!

Thank you to Shannon Keys for TDing the event with me, and running the side event. And happy birthday too Shannon!

Thank you to Celina Malcolm for hosting us!

Thank you to Roy Michael and JD Mack for bringing food to share with everyone!

And most of all, THANK YOU to EVERYONE that showed up to play pinball with us! You’re the best!

Oh my! Do you know what’s next? PinBrawlers Vol2 is open for registration!

Details and Register button here:
https://app.matchplay.events/tournaments/265935

This past Saturday 9/12/26 we held the first “Dollar Game Classic”, and the dollar bills were flying! The dollar game an...
09/14/2026

This past Saturday 9/12/26 we held the first “Dollar Game Classic”, and the dollar bills were flying!

The dollar game angle during qualifying was a big hit! We will probably do that again.

Thank you to Nicholas Newlin and Sean & Krista Smiley for bringing food to share! Much appreciated!

Thank you to Celina Malcolm for hosting us! Thank you to Shannon Keys and Matthew Mister for Tournament Directing!

We played a “brutal strikes” B division, giving out 0/1/1/2 strikes per match but it’s a 3-strike total, so you really need to WIN to move on.

The winner of B division and some cash is Sean Smiley! Congratulations Sean!

Over in the main event, things were extremely tight going in to the final game of the final four. Scores were 6-5-5-5, as tight as you can get. Whoever wins the final game, Metallica Remastered, would win the whole thing!

Tied for 3rd place, Justin Bath!

Tied for 3rd place, Jose Chong!

In 2nd place, maybe his biggest pinball win to date, Paul Halliday!

And in 1st place by way of 475M points on Metallica Remastered, Winner and Champion of the first Dollar Game Classic, Pinball Garrett!

Congratulations to all the winners!

Huge thanks to everyone that came out to play, especially our friend visiting from Florida, Mike Sellick! It was awesome to see you and the whole crew Mike!

Our rescheduled Friday Four-Strike Pinball Party is this Friday 9/18! 26 folks are signed up with 6 spots open.

Details and sign up right here:
https://app.matchplay.events/tournaments/265318

Play More Pinball!

Happy Friday pinball people! We are 24 hours out from the start of The Dollar Game Classic, and the dollars are here! We...
09/11/2026

Happy Friday pinball people! We are 24 hours out from the start of The Dollar Game Classic, and the dollars are here!

We still have a handful of spots open if you want to come out! Doors open at 11am and we start at noon.

More details plus you can register yourself right here:
https://app.matchplay.events/tournaments/258852

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